The same day he gave a sign, saying, “This is the sign that Adonai has spoken, the altar is about to be split apart and the fat ashes on it will be poured out.”
1 Samuel 2:34 - Tree of Life Version Now this will be the sign to you that will come on your two sons—Hophni and Phinehas—on the same day both of them will die. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And what befalls your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be a sign to you–in one day they both shall die. [Fulfilled in I Sam. 4:17, 18.] American Standard Version (1901) And this shall be the sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them. Common English Bible And what happens to your two sons Hophni and Phinehas will be a sign for you: they will both die on the same day. Catholic Public Domain Version But this will be a sign to you, which will happen to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: on one day they both will die. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And this shall be a sign to thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees: In one day they shall both of them die. |
The same day he gave a sign, saying, “This is the sign that Adonai has spoken, the altar is about to be split apart and the fat ashes on it will be poured out.”
“As for you, arise and go to your house. As soon as you set foot in the town, the boy will die.
And the sign to you is this: You will find an infant wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.”
Now when these signs happen to you, do for yourself what the occasion requires, for God is with you.
Any man of yours that I did not cut off from My altar would make your eyes weep and your soul grieve. So all the increase of your household will die as young men.
In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
Moreover, the ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons Hophni and Phinehas died.
And the messenger answered and said, “Israel fled before the Philistines and there has also been a great slaughter among the people. Also your two sons died—Hophni and Phinehas—and the ark of God was captured.”
Then she named the child Ichabod saying, “The glory has departed from Israel”—because of the capture of the ark of God, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
So she said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been taken!”